Three Game Pass Titles We Are Playing Over the Weekend (October 10-12)
After Microsoft's latest news of Game Pass membership updates, featuring a price increase for the top tier to $30 monthly, numerous members are seeking new ways to maximize their membership. For those keeping their membership or thinking about signing up, here are this week's recommendations.
Our selected games include a acclaimed JRPG, a charming independent adventure, and a brilliant puzzler set to leave the platform soon.
Persona 4: The Golden Edition
One of the best ways to maximize value from your subscription is by immersing yourself in a extensive, engaging role-playing game — and Persona 4: The Golden Edition fits that bill perfectly. You step into the role of a teenager who has just moved to the quiet countryside of Inaba. By day, your objectives involve forming friendships, working employment, and managing studies. By night, you work to solve a disturbing string of murders by venturing into unique dungeons based on your friends' inner fears.
With a memorable group of heroes, tactical turn-based combat, flawless visuals, and a plot full of twists, Persona 4: The Golden Edition is considered a classic for many reasons. It also features a highly addictive gameplay loop that will have you playing past bedtime, night after night.
Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato
While major titles like Ninja Gaiden IV are a primary selling point for Game Pass, the platform also showcases smaller games. A perfect instance of this is Sopa - Tale of the Stolen Potato. Drawing from the animated classic, this charming indie adventure is a magical realist tale steeped in Latin American traditions. You join Miho, who, after assisting his grandma make soup, is transported to a colorful realm filled with potato-nabbing frogs and other eccentric creatures.
Sopa plays out similar to an educational computer title from the 1990s, as Miho tackles challenges and helps the world's inhabitants by gathering an assortment of objects. Even if it's a bit rough around the edges, Sopa is a sweet little experience that proudly celebrates its appreciation for the region's culture.
Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure
Cocoon is set to exit the service on Oct. 15, giving you only a short time to play it via your membership — and you definitely should. Studio Geometric Interactive designed one of the finest puzzle games of recent years in the 2023 release Cocoon: A Puzzle Adventure. Its central gameplay element revolves around moving among worlds within other worlds, and frequently you'll transport those realms, in the shape of vibrant orbs, alongside you.
While it lacks explicit instructions, everything about Cocoon's challenges is designed in a highly intuitive way, yet they can test you as well. The year 2023 proved a big year for games, so it's understandable if Cocoon was somewhat overlooked by many players. We should rectify that while we can.
